Wilburn v. Gordon

Appellant sued appellee for damages, as an alleged proximate result of the latter having, as charged, negligently rammed his truck into the rear of the former’s car. The matter was submitted to the jury, which returned a verdict for the defendant-appellee, and the plaintiff-appellant appealed.

In midafternoon of a rainswept August day, appellant was driving his car on old Highway 82, west of Columbus, while, behind him, appellee was driving his heavy truck in the same direction. The automobile had a signal light thereon, in sight of the driver of the truck. The thunder was roaring, the…